@article{KiselevTarkhanov2014, author = {Kiselev, Oleg and Tarkhanov, Nikolai Nikolaevich}, title = {Scattering of trajectories at a separatrix under autoresonance}, series = {Journal of mathematical physics}, volume = {55}, journal = {Journal of mathematical physics}, number = {6}, publisher = {American Institute of Physics}, address = {Melville}, issn = {0022-2488}, doi = {10.1063/1.4875105}, pages = {24}, year = {2014}, abstract = {The subject of this paper is solutions of an autoresonance equation. We look for a connection between the parameters of the solution bounded as t -> -infinity, and the parameters of two two-parameter families of solutions as t -> infinity. One family consists of the solutions which are not captured into resonance, and another of those increasing solutions which are captured into resonance. In this way we describe the transition through the separatrix for equations with slowly varying parameters and get an estimate for parameters before the resonance of those solutions which may be captured into autoresonance. (C) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC.}, language = {en} } @unpublished{DyachenkoTarkhanov2014, author = {Dyachenko, Evgueniya and Tarkhanov, Nikolai Nikolaevich}, title = {Singular perturbations of elliptic operators}, volume = {3}, number = {1}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, issn = {2193-6943}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-69502}, pages = {21}, year = {2014}, abstract = {We develop a new approach to the analysis of pseudodifferential operators with small parameter 'epsilon' in (0,1] on a compact smooth manifold X. The standard approach assumes action of operators in Sobolev spaces whose norms depend on 'epsilon'. Instead we consider the cylinder [0,1] x X over X and study pseudodifferential operators on the cylinder which act, by the very nature, on functions depending on 'epsilon' as well. The action in 'epsilon' reduces to multiplication by functions of this variable and does not include any differentiation. As but one result we mention asymptotic of solutions to singular perturbation problems for small values of 'epsilon'.}, language = {en} } @article{BlanchardDelattreRoquain2014, author = {Blanchard, Gilles and Delattre, Sylvain and Roquain, Etienne}, title = {Testing over a continuum of null hypotheses with False Discovery Rate control}, series = {Bernoulli : official journal of the Bernoulli Society for Mathematical Statistics and Probability}, volume = {20}, journal = {Bernoulli : official journal of the Bernoulli Society for Mathematical Statistics and Probability}, number = {1}, publisher = {International Statistical Institute}, address = {Voorburg}, issn = {1350-7265}, doi = {10.3150/12-BEJ488}, pages = {304 -- 333}, year = {2014}, abstract = {We consider statistical hypothesis testing simultaneously over a fairly general, possibly uncountably infinite, set of null hypotheses, under the assumption that a suitable single test (and corresponding p-value) is known for each individual hypothesis. We extend to this setting the notion of false discovery rate (FDR) as a measure of type I error. Our main result studies specific procedures based on the observation of the p-value process. Control of the FDR at a nominal level is ensured either under arbitrary dependence of p-values, or under the assumption that the finite dimensional distributions of the p-value process have positive correlations of a specific type (weak PRDS). Both cases generalize existing results established in the finite setting. Its interest is demonstrated in several non-parametric examples: testing the mean/signal in a Gaussian white noise model, testing the intensity of a Poisson process and testing the c.d.f. of i.i.d. random variables.}, language = {en} } @article{KiselevTarkhanov2014, author = {Kiselev, Oleg M. and Tarkhanov, Nikolai Nikolaevich}, title = {The capture of a particle into resonance at potential hole with dissipative perturbation}, series = {Chaos, solitons \& fractals : applications in science and engineering ; an interdisciplinary journal of nonlinear science}, volume = {58}, journal = {Chaos, solitons \& fractals : applications in science and engineering ; an interdisciplinary journal of nonlinear science}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Oxford}, issn = {0960-0779}, doi = {10.1016/j.chaos.2013.11.003}, pages = {27 -- 39}, year = {2014}, abstract = {We study the capture of a particle into resonance at a potential hole with dissipative perturbation and external periodic excitation. The measure of resonance solutions is evaluated. We also derive an asymptotic formula for the parameter range of those solutions which are captured into resonance.}, language = {en} } @article{ChangHabalSchulze2014, author = {Chang, Der-Chen and Habal, Nadia and Schulze, Bert-Wolfgang}, title = {The edge algebra structure of the Zaremba problem}, series = {Journal of pseudo-differential operators and applications}, volume = {5}, journal = {Journal of pseudo-differential operators and applications}, number = {1}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Basel}, issn = {1662-9981}, doi = {10.1007/s11868-013-0088-7}, pages = {69 -- 155}, year = {2014}, abstract = {We study mixed boundary value problems, here mainly of Zaremba type for the Laplacian within an edge algebra of boundary value problems. The edge here is the interface of the jump from the Dirichlet to the Neumann condition. In contrast to earlier descriptions of mixed problems within such an edge calculus, cf. (Harutjunjan and Schulze, Elliptic mixed, transmission and singular crack problems, 2008), we focus on new Mellin edge quantisations of the Dirichlet-to-Neumann operator on the Neumann side of the boundary and employ a pseudo-differential calculus of corresponding boundary value problems without the transmission property at the interface. This allows us to construct parametrices for the original mixed problem in a new and transparent way.}, language = {en} } @article{HoegelePavlyukevich2014, author = {Hoegele, Michael and Pavlyukevich, Ilya}, title = {The exit problem from a neighborhood of the global attractor for dynamical systems perturbed by heavy-tailed levy processes}, series = {Stochastic analysis and applications}, volume = {32}, journal = {Stochastic analysis and applications}, number = {1}, publisher = {Taylor \& Francis Group}, address = {Philadelphia}, issn = {0736-2994}, doi = {10.1080/07362994.2014.858554}, pages = {163 -- 190}, year = {2014}, abstract = {We consider a finite-dimensional deterministic dynamical system with the global attractor ? which supports a unique ergodic probability measure P. The measure P can be considered as the uniform long-term mean of the trajectories staying in a bounded domain D containing ?. We perturb the dynamical system by a multiplicative heavy tailed Levy noise of small intensity E>0 and solve the asymptotic first exit time and location problem from D in the limit of E?0. In contrast to the case of Gaussian perturbations, the exit time has an algebraic exit rate as a function of E, just as in the case when ? is a stable fixed point studied earlier in [9, 14, 19, 26]. As an example, we study the first exit problem from a neighborhood of the stable limit cycle for the Van der Pol oscillator perturbed by multiplicative -stable Levy noise.}, language = {en} } @unpublished{MakhmudovTarkhanov2014, author = {Makhmudov, Olimdjan and Tarkhanov, Nikolai Nikolaevich}, title = {The first mixed problem for the nonstationary Lam{\´e} system}, volume = {3}, number = {10}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, issn = {2193-6943}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-71923}, pages = {19}, year = {2014}, abstract = {We find an adequate interpretation of the Lam{\´e} operator within the framework of elliptic complexes and study the first mixed problem for the nonstationary Lam{\´e} system.}, language = {en} } @article{SchulzeWei2014, author = {Schulze, Bert-Wolfgang and Wei, Y.}, title = {The Mellin-edge quantisation for corner operators}, series = {Complex analysis and operator theory}, volume = {8}, journal = {Complex analysis and operator theory}, number = {4}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Basel}, issn = {1661-8254}, doi = {10.1007/s11785-013-0289-3}, pages = {803 -- 841}, year = {2014}, abstract = {We establish a quantisation of corner-degenerate symbols, here called Mellin-edge quantisation, on a manifold with second order singularities. The typical ingredients come from the "most singular" stratum of which is a second order edge where the infinite transversal cone has a base that is itself a manifold with smooth edge. The resulting operator-valued amplitude functions on the second order edge are formulated purely in terms of Mellin symbols taking values in the edge algebra over . In this respect our result is formally analogous to a quantisation rule of (Osaka J. Math. 37:221-260, 2000) for the simpler case of edge-degenerate symbols that corresponds to the singularity order 1. However, from the singularity order 2 on there appear new substantial difficulties for the first time, partly caused by the edge singularities of the cone over that tend to infinity.}, language = {en} } @article{KleinRama2014, author = {Klein, Markus and Rama, Juliane}, title = {Time asymptotics of e(-ith(kappa)) for analytic matrices and analytic perturbation theory}, series = {Asymptotic analysis}, volume = {89}, journal = {Asymptotic analysis}, number = {3-4}, publisher = {IOS Press}, address = {Amsterdam}, issn = {0921-7134}, doi = {10.3233/ASY-141226}, pages = {189 -- 233}, year = {2014}, abstract = {In quantum mechanics the temporal decay of certain resonance states is associated with an effective time evolution e(-ith(kappa)), where h(.) is an analytic family of non-self-adjoint matrices. In general the corresponding resonance states do not decay exponentially in time. Using analytic perturbation theory, we derive asymptotic expansions for e(-ith(kappa)), simultaneously in the limits kappa -> 0 and t -> infinity, where the corrections with respect to pure exponential decay have uniform bounds in one complex variable kappa(2)t. In the Appendix we briefly review analytic perturbation theory, replacing the classical reference to the 1920 book of Knopp [Funktionentheorie II, Anwendungen und Weiterfuhrung der allgemeinen Theorie, Sammlung Goschen, Vereinigung wissenschaftlicher Verleger Walter de Gruyter, 1920] and its terminology by standard modern references. This might be of independent interest.}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Vu2014, author = {Vu, Dinh Phuong}, title = {Using video study to investigate eighth-grade mathematics classrooms in Vietnam}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-72464}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {273}, year = {2014}, abstract = {The International Project for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) was formed in the 1950s (Postlethwaite, 1967). Since that time, the IEA has conducted many studies in the area of mathematics, such as the First International Mathematics Study (FIMS) in 1964, the Second International Mathematics Study (SIMS) in 1980-1982, and a series of studies beginning with the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) which has been conducted every 4 years since 1995. According to Stigler et al. (1999), in the FIMS and the SIMS, U.S. students achieved low scores in comparison with students in other countries (p. 1). The TIMSS 1995 "Videotape Classroom Study" was therefore a complement to the earlier studies conducted to learn "more about the instructional and cultural processes that are associated with achievement" (Stigler et al., 1999, p. 1). The TIMSS Videotape Classroom Study is known today as the TIMSS Video Study. From the findings of the TIMSS 1995 Video Study, Stigler and Hiebert (1999) likened teaching to "mountain ranges poking above the surface of the water," whereby they implied that we might see the mountaintops, but we do not see the hidden parts underneath these mountain ranges (pp. 73-78). By watching the videotaped lessons from Germany, Japan, and the United States again and again, they discovered that "the systems of teaching within each country look similar from lesson to lesson. At least, there are certain recurring features [or patterns] that typify many of the lessons within a country and distinguish the lessons among countries" (pp. 77-78). They also discovered that "teaching is a cultural activity," so the systems of teaching "must be understood in relation to the cultural beliefs and assumptions that surround them" (pp. 85, 88). From this viewpoint, one of the purposes of this dissertation was to study some cultural aspects of mathematics teaching and relate the results to mathematics teaching and learning in Vietnam. Another research purpose was to carry out a video study in Vietnam to find out the characteristics of Vietnamese mathematics teaching and compare these characteristics with those of other countries. In particular, this dissertation carried out the following research tasks: - Studying the characteristics of teaching and learning in different cultures and relating the results to mathematics teaching and learning in Vietnam - Introducing the TIMSS, the TIMSS Video Study and the advantages of using video study in investigating mathematics teaching and learning - Carrying out the video study in Vietnam to identify the image, scripts and patterns, and the lesson signature of eighth-grade mathematics teaching in Vietnam - Comparing some aspects of mathematics teaching in Vietnam and other countries and identifying the similarities and differences across countries - Studying the demands and challenges of innovating mathematics teaching methods in Vietnam - lessons from the video studies Hopefully, this dissertation will be a useful reference material for pre-service teachers at education universities to understand the nature of teaching and develop their teaching career.}, language = {en} } @article{Ludewig2014, author = {Ludewig, Matthias}, title = {Vector fields with a non-degenerate source}, series = {Journal of geometry and physics}, volume = {79}, journal = {Journal of geometry and physics}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Amsterdam}, issn = {0393-0440}, doi = {10.1016/j.geomphys.2014.01.014}, pages = {59 -- 76}, year = {2014}, abstract = {We discuss the solution theory of operators of the form del(x) + A, acting on smooth sections of a vector bundle with connection del over a manifold M, where X is a vector field having a critical point with positive linearization at some point p is an element of M. As an operator on a suitable space of smooth sections Gamma(infinity)(U, nu), it fulfills a Fredholm alternative, and the same is true for the adjoint operator. Furthermore, we show that the solutions depend smoothly on the data del, X and A.}, language = {en} } @article{RungrottheeraSchulze2014, author = {Rungrottheera, Wannarut and Schulze, Bert-Wolfgang}, title = {Weighted spaces on corner manifolds}, series = {Complex variables and elliptic equations}, volume = {59}, journal = {Complex variables and elliptic equations}, number = {12}, publisher = {Routledge, Taylor \& Francis Group}, address = {Abingdon}, issn = {1747-6933}, doi = {10.1080/17476933.2013.876416}, pages = {1706 -- 1738}, year = {2014}, abstract = {We study spaces on manifolds with double weights and iterated discrete and continuous asymptotics, and their relationship with corner pseudo-differential operators.}, language = {en} } @article{Hermann2014, author = {Hermann, Andreas}, title = {Zero sets of eigenspinors for generic metrics}, series = {Communications in analysis and geometry}, volume = {22}, journal = {Communications in analysis and geometry}, number = {2}, publisher = {International Press of Boston}, address = {Somerville}, issn = {1019-8385}, pages = {177 -- 218}, year = {2014}, abstract = {Let M be a closed connected spin manifold of dimension 2 or 3 with a fixed orientation and a fixed spin structure. We prove that for a generic Riemannian metric on M the non-harmonic eigenspinors of the Dirac operator are nowhere zero. The proof is based on a transversality theorem and the unique continuation property of the Dirac operator.}, language = {en} }